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COLLECTION · Series · 1976

Gangsters

A pioneering show starring Maurice Colbourne as Birmingham gangster John Kline. The show was noted for its gritty true-life quality, and often graphic violence.

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* 8.5 (4)CrimeDrama
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Creators
Philip Martin
Studios
BBC One
Runtime
50 min/ep
Release
09/09/1976
Score
8.5 / 10 (4)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes · 1975
Episode 1. Play for Today - Gangsters
1975-01-09 · 50 min

Pilot Episode, shown as part of 'Play for Today'.

Season 1
Season 1
6 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. Incident 1
1976-09-09 · 50 min

In this opener, Rawlinson is dead which causes the smooth running of the underworld to become disrupted. This causes the Asian, West Indian, and white communities gangsters to begin looking for a new leader. At the same time, the police…

Episode 2. Incident 2
1976-09-16 · 50 min

Kline and Khan have only seconds to act as Malleson prepares to take them both down.

Episode 3. Incident 3
1976-09-23 · 50 min

A shipment of heroin goes missing. Rafiq and Khan begin searching an abandoned train station for the stash.

Episode 4. Incident 4
1976-09-30 · 50 min

On the top of a modern skyscraper block, there is a general falling out of friends as John Kline is facing execution at the hands of three gunmen.

Episode 5. Incident 5
1976-10-14 · 50 min

Kline's temporary belief in ghosts ends when Sarah Gant lures him to a secret rendezvous. What is her connection with the now deceased stripper Dinah Carmichael?

Episode 6. Incident 6
1976-10-21 · 50 min

John Kline barely keeps his head above water but is getting closer to learning his real identity. Meanwhile, Khan plunges into the deep end.

Season 2
Season 2
6 episodes · 1978
Episode 1. The Dictates Of Shen Tang
1978-01-06 · 50 min

While undercover agent Khan investigates a drug route along the Asian highway, John Kline becomes part of a Chinese paper chase across Birmingham.

Episode 2. The Red Executioner
1978-01-13 · 50 min

A mysterious assassin comes to the West Midlands from Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Rafiq decides to proposition Lily Li Tang.

Episode 3. When Beauty Sleeps
1978-01-20 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Double Peril
1978-01-27 · 50 min

A master of Kung Fu meets his end while Khan is taken to the cleaners.

Episode 5. Enter The White Devil
1978-02-03 · 50 min

John Kline goes to the movies with the lovely Lily Li Tang and finds that a seat in the back row can be perilous when the lights go down.

Episode 6. East Of The Equator
1978-02-10 · 50 min

In the series finale, John Kline has a very touching encounter with the White Devil as the Chinese New Year is celebrated and a funeral is attended.

Cast by season
Maurice Colbourne
Maurice Colbourne
John Kline
?
Elizabeth Cassidy
Anne Darracott
Alibe Parsons
Alibe Parsons
Sarah Gant
?
Ahmed Khalil
Khan
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